Sentences with phrase «scattershot narrative»
Luckily, its scattershot narrative is almost always exciting and a pleasure to watch.»
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From the somewhat scattershot narrative — evoking at times a Nicolas Roeg film and Richard Lester's Petulia — we gradually piece together that Alec has twice left Marjorie for Katherine (Deborah Kara Unger), an American coworker, but has recently become obsessed with rejoining his former wife.
The scattershot narrative is saved by the hilarious supporting cast.
A scattershot narrative is saved by the hilarious supporting cast in the action comedy Gringo, in theaters this weekend.
Not exact matches
With a considerably scattershot plot, one which has a somewhat episode design, Nerdland lacks some of the narrative momentum that comes from more cohesive stories.
As all of the most unfairly scathing reviews from Cannes pointed out, Ismael's Ghosts is kind of a mess: a scattershot drama that abandons its compelling central narrative for discursive subplots.
The narrative feels too scattershot to be successful, although slick editing gives the film some transcendent moments.